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Human centenarian-associated SIRT6 mutants modulate hepatocyte metabolism and collagen deposition in multilineage hepatic 3D spheroids.

Frohlich, J, Raffaele, M, Skalova, H, Leire, E, Pata, I, Pata, P, Gorbunova, V and Vinciguerra, M (2022) Human centenarian-associated SIRT6 mutants modulate hepatocyte metabolism and collagen deposition in multilineage hepatic 3D spheroids. Geroscience. ISSN 2509-2715

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Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), encompassing fatty liver and its progression into nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is one of the rapidly rising health concerns worldwide. SIRT6 is an essential nuclear sirtuin that regulates numerous pathological processes including insulin resistance and inflammation, and recently it has been implicated in the amelioration of NAFLD progression. SIRT6 overexpression protects from formation of fibrotic lesions. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully delineated. Moreover, new allelic variants of SIRT6 (N308K/A313S) were recently associated with the longevity in Ashkenazi Jews by improving genome maintenance and DNA repair, suppressing transposons and killing cancer cells. Whether these new SIRT6 variants play different or enhanced roles in liver diseases is currently unknown. In this study, we aimed to clarify how these new centenarian-associated SIRT6 genetic variants affect liver metabolism and associated diseases. We present evidence that overexpression of centenarian-associated SIRT6 variants dramatically altered the metabolomic and secretomic profiles of unchallenged immortalized human hepatocytes (IHH). Most amino acids were increased in the SIRT6 N308K/A313S overexpressing IHH when compared to IHH transfected with the SIRT6 wild-type sequence. Several unsaturated fatty acids and glycerophospholipids were increased, and ceramide tended to be decreased upon SIRT6 N308K/A313S overexpression. Furthermore, we found that overexpression of SIRT6 N308K/A313S in a 3D hepatic spheroid model formed by the co-culture of human immortalized hepatocytes (IHH) and hepatic stellate cells (LX2) inhibited collagen deposition and fibrotic gene expression in absence of metabolic or dietary challenges. Hence, our findings suggest that novel longevity associated SIRT6 N308K/A313S variants could favor the prevention of NASH by altering hepatocyte proteome and lipidome.

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Additional Information: This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00713-1
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Nursing & Allied Health
Publisher: Springer
SWORD Depositor: A Symplectic
Date Deposited: 23 Dec 2022 10:17
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2023 00:50
DOI or ID number: 10.1007/s11357-022-00713-1
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18508
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